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Developer Meet And Greet On Pacific, Monday Feb. 8th 2016

Kyronix: Good Evening everyone, we'll get starting shortly! Started even
Lady Mesanna: Ash lets get started
Lady Mesanna: Greetings
Kyronix: Hello!
Bleak: Hello
Misk: hello!
Syl: Hey there Devs, Just two questions... forgive me if they have been asked before. First, I wanted to know if the team would please consider increasing the classic clients screen resolution. Has there been any plans or discussion on this?
Bleak: So we have tried this in the past. We found a number of issues we would have to address. The biggest is the performance.
Lady Mesanna: If we can find a way to do it that does not effect the performance we would
Bleak: The alternative is the EC : )
Syl: Right. Love the CC tho
Lady Mesanna: I have confidence in Bleak he will continue to try
Syl: Cool. Thanks...Secondly, any chance of a shard gate?
Lady Mesanna: no
Syl: Hah okay. Well hey thanks a lot. Love UO. Take it easy
Lady Mesanna: Thank you
Bleak: Thank you
Lady Mesanna: have a good evening
Syl: You too
IDOC Life: *Good Evening All*
Kyronix: Also everyone, let's try and keep it to one question tonight so we can meet as many of you as possible.
Lady Mesanna: Evening IDOC
Bleak: Hello
IDOC Life: I donno if you guys read Stratics Board or not, but many many people are really asking the Devs to change the current bad situation of the Idocers Life. Please "listen" to players wishes on change the time to 5 and 10 hours only. Pls understand that there is more things to do in UO and life than sit for an abuse. 15 hours to wait for a house to collapse. I understand you are trying to give the Owner of the account and extra 15 hours to recover his house and belongs, but he already had 90 days to do so!!
Lady Mesanna: Its random it is not always 15
IDOC Life: 90%
Lady Mesanna: Then Bleak will look into it to make sure its random
IDOC Life: bc 90% is at 15, can we change to 5 and 10 as many are asking?
Lady Mesanna: if the random worked it would be at those times as much as 15, Let us look into this first
IDOC Life: ty
Lady Mesanna: welcome
Bleak: The chance is 33%
Vixen: hello
Kyronix: Hello!
Bleak: Hi
Lady Mesanna: Hi Vixen
Vixen: I have my questions in a book if easier?
Lady Mesanna: go ahead and ask
Vixen: How about added the Shadowguard tower to the Corrupted Crystal Portal or/and add it to the Public Moongate or allow us to mark a rune there and recall or gate in? or a teleport pad
Lady Mesanna: doable
Vixen: one more then done. Can we get skilled level raised to 820, another 100 points for new skills would be very useful with crafters, tamers, mages, warriors.
Lady Mesanna: lol we have talked about that alot actually
Vixen: that is all I have, thanks.
Samantha: Hi! from the [email protected] Guild Atlantic!
Bleak: Hello
Kyronix: Greetings!
Lady Mesanna: Greetings Samantha
Samantha: what I would like to see is something for fletchers like arrows with special abilitys bloodwood = blled
Lady Mesanna: like an aoe effect?
Samantha: yes, give fletchers more to do, it has become somewhat boring.
Lady Mesanna: That was done with the master abilities but I do understand what you are asking for, I agree would be nice to give them more to do
Samantha: please! look in to it and thank you very much.
Lady Mesanna: we will bring it up for dicussion, it's a good suggestion, thank you.
Eins: Hello from Napa Valley!
Kyronix: Hello!
Bleak: Hello!
Lady Mesanna: Greetungs Eins
Eins: The new loot generator has made over 200 artifacts (doom, major, minor, craftable, ect) obsolete, Instead of trying to come up with ways to make all of these outdated items useful again, How about a system similar to BOD or fishmonger quests? Turn in 50 old artifacts for something new? Require artifacts from every source so people are not farming the easily or most readily available. Come up with some new arties and deco for us to turn our old stuff in for.
Kyronix: So long as it doesn't invalidate the content we put in to get the new artifacts, It's a great suggestion and something we can explore further
Eins: It would be fun to have a reason to collect Doom arties again and all the other drops from champs and peerless
Lady Mesanna says: we will add it to our task list
Eins: and maybe one more small suggestion?
Lady Mesanna says: ?
Eins says: make the Grizzle mare statue the same as the Paroxy swampy
Lady Mesanna: umm....what do you mean?
Eins: The unbreakable armor
Lady Mesanna: oh oh ok
Eins: warriors ride the swampy for the added DCI but the mare has no real use. That's all I have. Thank you for having us!
Lady Mesanna: thank you for your suggestions
Lady Grizabella says: HI, Bonnie!
Lady Mesanna: Greetings Grizabella
Kyronix: Hello!
Bleak: Hi!
Lady Grizabella: Do U have my 3 historical marker coordinates now?
Lady Mesanna: If you emailed them I do
Lady Grizabella: Olde Deuteronomy, kkmay I have your fragment of Mesanna? Love the game; love you!!
Lady Mesanna: thank you
Lady Grizabella: vet since Sept, '97
Lady Mesanna: I will be doing all the banners tomorrow that I have
Lady Grizabella: keep up the good work!! love the game
Lady Mesanna: thank you
Kilstra: Helolo!
Lady Mesanna: greetings Kilstra
Kyronix: Greetings!
Bleak: Hello
Kilstra: YOu look Amazing LAdy M, hello to the DEVS
Lady Mesanna: My winter wear =P
Kilstra says: ummm couple questions..I wish I had your tailor hehehe...so I was wondering if you could adjust the bank gump so that the secure acct total and transfer acct totals show as well as the bank balance. I only see Xfer acct funds in the gump when I am ready to go
Bleak: Sure we will add that to the list
Kilstra: YAY!!! Also, you might already be thinking this but along the lines of the bow stringer, metal press, I'd like to see for cooking and alchemy.
Lady Mesanna: its coming, we can only do so many at a time
Kilstra: awesome!!!
Lady Mesanna: hope to have one for each type of craft, just have a little patience we are getting to them.
Kilstra: that will be great! One more question. Can there be a gump on the shard sheilds to show how many tokens they are holding? or mouseover
Lady Mesanna: we will look into it and see if it can be added.
Kilstra: awweee I love you, I best stop asking things before I get in trouble...but one more quickie? on the house search?
Lady Mesanna: have a good evening
Lady Mesanna: no no no lol
Kilstra: is it possible? you were looking into it once
Lady Mesanna: the house organizer to find items in your house?
Kilstra: yes, like vendor search but find items in house.
Lady Mesanna: lol we have not finished that one but I will make sure Bleak has it on his list to see if its possible.
Kilstra says: so like it's started? !! And doable?
Lady Mesanna: No not yet, will let you know after research is done.
Kilstra: ahh ok I love you guys, *blows kisses* thank you!!
Lady Mesanna: thank you
Kyronix: Just want to reiterate, there are a lot of folks in line, so let's keep it to one question so we can get to everyone. You can always email us your additional questions and suggestions!
Lady Mesanna: Greetings Titus
Bleak says: Hello
Titus: I just want to say you guys have done a great job keeping the game going so long...
Lady Mesanna says: 19 years! Thank you.
Titus: i played back in 98 and recently came back...
Kyronix: Welcome back!
Lady Mesanna: oh welcome back
Titus: is there a way to allow for new lands to be opened up for larger home placement?
Lady Mesanna: We are not looking to add any new lands at this time
Titus: my other question was in regards to the skill levels being raised 10 820 which was already asked...thank you for your time!
Lady Mesanna: Thank you, have a great evening.
Lady Mesanna says: Greetings Maxy
Kyronix: Hello!
Bleak: Hello
Moxy: hi its moxy actually
Lady Mesanna: excuse me
Moxy: but my first part of the question is can we please extend the vendor name length
Lady Mesanna: How long are you asking it to be extended to
Moxy: i have a vendor i was selling on and i wanted it to read Festical artifacts and treasure from mesanna. I had to call it fat mesanna and a overzelous em killed it
Lady Mesanna: no they did not, a GM did. EM's can not do that.
Moxy: yes well can we extenmd teh vendor names pleas eso i can put in what i mean instead of what you think it means
Bleak: We will look in this this.
Lady Mesanna: if not we will talk about a work around or something that will work
Moxy: ok ty and second part of teh question, both nails and norrington have told me broadsword take kickbacks from gold sites
Lady Mesanna: Well I would not believe everything you hear then. if you believe that think about that
Moxy: comments please
Lady Mesanna: we can't do anything about sites out of the US
Moxy: yes youc an
Lady Mesanna says: besides its all in EA legal hands, not ours. not going to argue with you regarding this.
Moxy: also is it true you like cakes, its a rumor circulating on atl
Lady Mesanna: your facts are incorrect, good evening. Bye Moxy.
Lady Mesanna: Greetings Moonweed
Moonweed: Will more pet eggs be used and will they be stealable?
Kyronix : Like the Dragon Turtles?
Moonweed: yes
Kyronix : If it make sense, baby animals have to come from somewhere
Moonweed: things for a thief
Kyronix : We're always looking at ways of improving the thief profession, thanks for the suggestion!
Moonweed: thenk you
Lady Mesanna: good evening
Amelyose: hello
Kyronix : Hello!
Bleak: Hello
Amelyose: ur gear is awesome
Amelyose: i type quick
Lady Mesanna: lol
Amelyose: ok im wondering if its possible to add another 2 circles to magery so 9th 10th add more spells chain lighting Blizzard etc 120 magery has more purpose and scribes with gm or 120 magery a new thing to make.
Lady Mesanna: Not sure we will ever add 2 more circles but adding a spell or two is not totally out of the question in the future
Amelyose: and use some ingreidents like taint to make certain scrolls
Amelyose: hrmm and the other thing im wondering is a craft idea for tailors/healers first aid pouchs. like quivers can be insured, lower weight healing bonus but limit # can carry and like 10 orange petals, 20 purples.
Lady Mesanna: maybe a first aid belt
Amelyose: ya but to make it you need tailor and healing combined craft or vet kits for tamers but need vet skill and tailor skill.
Lady Mesanna: thank you
Amelyose: ok you're welcome.
Lady Mesanna: 'Greetings
Lady Fatal: Hello. I may have missed it.
Bleak: Hi
Lady Fatal: I wanted to ask if new craftables are on the slate for castles/keeps.
Lady Mesanna: not at this time. if you have any suggestions please feel free to email me with them
Lady Fatal: Okay, thank you.
Lady Mesanna: thank you
Lady Mesanna: Greetings
Baal: hi my question is about the newsletter
Bleak: Hello
Lady Mesanna: ok
Baal: i have been asking about the unbound at the last few meet and greets
Lady Mesanna: and we have answered it
Baal: i didnt understand the newsletter response. Oh ok so it's drop of 8-12 items is the way you want it
Lady Mesanna: one sec
Bleak: Correct
Baal: in the newsletter you said drops are based on difficulty of critter it has 20k hp and drop less then a balron
Lady Mesanna: we did confirm it was dropping legendary items but that is all random
Baal: ok sorry i just wanted to make sure you looked at it drops tuy
Lady Mesanna: Greetings
Variable: my question is about the spell resist skill
Lady Mesanna: ok
Variable: was wondering if you could change the effect to give bionus to the elemntal resist
Variable: rather then a flat amount soorry typing is bad for instance say at 100 5 pts to each resist not exceeding the cap tho
Bleak: We have not plans to change how resist spells works at this time
Variable: so it not going on the list ok
Lady Mesanna: greetings
Kyronix : Hello!
Bob: hi! my question was similar to earlier about outdated artifacts, was wobndering if you could have a treasures of monadin type of thing for mondaind arties
Lady Mesanna: so the suggestion for a turn in like the ToT for old artifacts
Bob: yes
Lady Mesanna: I am pretty sure it would cover all types of old artifacts
Bob: ty vm
Lady Mesanna: welcome
Kyronix : It is so good to finally meet you!
Spock's Beard: So I've got a couple things but I type fast and don't need replies really. Okay, one, mastery cooldowns. Way too long. Bushido has a 7 sec debuff with a 1 hour cooldown. wut
Kyronix : Changes coming to that in 92
Spock's Beard: Also, the time limit before an NPC will rez a pet? Needs to go I know you want people to keep Vet on their temps
Lady Mesanna: looking at that also
Spock's Beard: But there needs to be a better way to incentivize that. Okay third, here's my real thing. Right now about 80% of the game's content is invalidated due to dropping stuff nobody wants. I humbly suggest you make an effort to come up with a huge list of Stuff People Will Want. Talk to us on the forums, get creative, maybe vanity pets, mounts, deeds for new titles I dunno But then you take that stuff and you put it in Doom, and on Peerless, and places like that And increase the relevant content available to us without having to add any actual content
Lady Mesanna: this the TOT idea which is a good idea and would not have to redo alot of the older content
Spock's Beard: Right. Doom is super fun. I'd like reasons to do it again. Anyway that's my two cents.
Lady Mesanna: If you have suggestions for new artifacts send them to us
Spock's Beard: Okeydoke
Lady Mesanna: we are always willing to read those emails, just don't write I want a I WIN Button and call it a day'
Spock's Beard: Oh yeah Amethyst in chat you missed her email and are worse than Satan
Lady Mesanna: no comment
Spock's Beard: lol Anyway, thanks for your time!
Lady Mesanna: thank you
Ghrom the Savage: hail and thank you for literally everything in game as a team, you have inherited a situation where an account that is unpaid for 90 days can still hold a house. As the current team, what is your feeling about this?
Lady Mesanna: Ghrom, let me start off by stating this. we have made it so you can get you house back up until the last hour. once a house goes OSI its gone
Ghrom the Savage: fair nuff
Lady Mesanna: those houses you will see are going to be dropping
Ghrom the Savage: next part, same question
Lady Mesanna: yes we still have bugged houses in the game and we are putting in a fix for those also
Ghrom the Savage: do you share the same feeling as some of our stratics friends...charachterizing people who use this as: "the same type that park in handicap parking spots and steal from charities" Ultimately, what is your view on this rule which you inherited?
Lady Mesanna: changing the 90 day is not something we are going to do anytime soon
Ghrom the Savage: and Is this under review by your team?
Lady Mesanna: I would much rather reward the players that pay the full year by giving xtra vet rewards or something to that effect
Ghrom the Savage: fair nuff - but youe would not characterize those that balance accounts with 90 day payments as theives or charity stealers?
Lady Mesanna: I dislike it yes
Ghrom the Savage: understood, just looking for some perspective to share with the community
Lady Mesanna: well rewarding the players that are not cheating is the message that should be passed along
Ghrom the Savage: so then are they cheating? in your eyes?
Lady Mesanna: I am not going to get into this its not something I want to address here I am sorry
Ghrom the Savage: get yourselves a stance on it, would be my suggestion
Lady Mesanna: Have a good evening
Lady Mesanna: Greetings
Kyronix : Greetings!
GANI: just to say bout ea games vs uo acct management plz credit card update and the uo migration on secret word lost guildhouse through idoc
Lady Mesanna: hold on
GANI: that i acquired from fast players
Lady Mesanna: you have 90 days to get cc issues fixed
GANI: i did understand yu guys got busy
Lady Mesanna: I want to get it so you guys can link and unlink your own accounts, we are still looking on improvements
GANI: but paid the accts for 5 years credit card expired couldnt update it coz of secret word
Lady Mesanna: you can identify your account with more than the secret word
GANI: yes
Lady Mesanna: secret word trumps all
GANI: had email and ea password but quit working anyways brought it to yur attn
Lady Mesanna: [email protected] and the ea email are two different areas and I sent it on to support
GANI: but
Lady Mesanna: hrm
GANI: just saying ty for coming its over now anyhow recovers guildstone from peeps that reeturn it
Lady Mesanna: email me these details
GANI: will do
Lady Mesanna: I am sorry you had such a hard time thank you
GANI: ea didnt want my money ohh well thanks again
Lady Mesanna: I have heard that alot thanks
Lady Mesanna: Greetings
Wedgie: Hola so
Bleak: Hello
Wedgie: the gear switching macro in enhanced
Lady Mesanna: Bleak will answer this one
Bleak: We will add this to the list
Lady Mesanna: sweet possible then
Wedgie: nice cheese?
Lady Bendie: Greetings My Lady I have just 2 things really fast
Bleak: 42
Lady Bendie: one is there any way that we could have our champ spawns in tram have powerscrolls added it
Lady Mesanna: no we will keep that in Fel
Lady Bendie: to it so the ones that dont want to deal with raids?
Lady Mesanna: we did add the transendence scrolls to them
Lady Bendie: not even smaller ps for tram?
Lady Mesanna: would rather leave those alone
Lady Bendie: ok next and last been loving the shadowguard whole idea been alot of fun but is there anyway of giving 5 mins to loot instead of 3 to spend all that time doing rooms
Kyronix : Sure
Lady Bendie: and have half the loot left behind sucks even with 10 ppl there cant get all the gold and loot. cool, Thank you kindly
Lady Mesanna: thank you
Lady Mesanna: greetings
Jemms: chessy dragon watch remodeled 7 keeps an 3 castles we are wondering can the stone paver tag be removed
Lady Mesanna: nice send me some pictures
Jemms: will do on pics also if there is not a stone tile under grass or snow you fall thru can this be fixed
Kyronix : It's something we'd have to look into. The grass and snow predated the stone tiles So we'd have to make sure there are no unintended side effects
Jemms: thats all i had people were asking about the tiles
Kyronix : Thanks for the question!
Jemms: thank you
Lady Mesanna: thanks Jemms
Jemms: and will send pics soon
Lady Mesanna: have a good evening'
D of the E: Greetings dark lord
Lady Mesanna: Greetings
Lady Mesanna: Dark Lady
Bleak: Hello
D of the E: To have traveled around the realms to go here and there to not see the populations that we once had to see that there might be more decline, to wonder is there will be a server merger in the future
Lady Mesanna: thats still not getting us closer to combining shards
D of the E: we are loosing people due to people coming to there old homes to find no one there to adventure weith
Lady Mesanna: its hard to please everyone
D of the E: aye tis true
Lady Mesanna: if we could find a seemless way to do it we would so no one loses a house
D of the E: transfering homes would be a great idea
Lady Mesanna: yes anything else?
D of the E: to play the game from time of old, to be the teller of many storys , to value your time to wish you all well to wish i could stay for more than a spell Clan drunab Salutes you dark Lady!! hope you find fortune in your travels and to bid you a good eve
Lady Mesanna: you also
Wiggles: Hello everyone! So there have been rumors that hawkwinds robe is going to be alterable and powder of fortification will work on shadowguard artifacts such as enchantress cameo, minax sandals, and hawkwinds robe etc. Do you mind clarifying if planned for a future publish and if can be added to the do list if not?
Lady Mesanna: Kyronix has this one
Wiggles:
Kyronix : We've discussed it But just remember that at some point we have to cycle these items out of game To encourage a vibrant and functioning economy So they won't last forever
Wiggles: what about the alterable to hawkwinds. gargs need some love too
Kyronix : It's our hope to introduce the equivalent at some point, need some art first
Lady Mesanna: We are giving you a mining glove conversion
Wiggles: xD I can't say that's really... the same... but thank you none the less xD but no on the pof right?
Kyronix : So some limitation on it. That we are still fleshing out the details on
Wiggles: Sounds like good of an answer to me. Hope you all have a wonderful evening. Thanks again!
Lady Mesanna: Greetings'
Lord SIR DRAKE: i am seeing 19 mods items in uo now... is there an end boss around the corner?
Kyronix: An end boss? Can you be more specific?
Lord SIR DRAKE: the game is to eays
Lord SIR DRAKE: if i get excalibur i know i am about to kill the end guyu
Lady Mesanna: the day we walk about the door to be closed down we will put in one kick butt final mob till then nothing is final
Lord SIR DRAKE: and i think about doom adding owned by tages and may be a set of armor
Kyronix : And that isn't anytime soon
Kyronix :
Lord SIR DRAKE: that is all thank you
Capricorn: hail
Lady Mesanna: Greetings
Capricorn: ok i got a few things
Lady Mesanna: pick one
Capricorn: are you ever going to dey you mask again 1 i benn in line a hour
Lady Mesanna: its not the top thing on my list to get done, when I have time I will I don't have the hue for this shard or I will do it while we answer other questions
Capricorn: ok can the towns that have gov use one the building in each town forn a town hall get them set up where they are usable
Lady Mesanna: 'you can set up a meeting stage for those
Kyronix : What do you mean by useable?
Capricorn: so dose skara and minoc
Lady Mesanna: alot of towns have empty buildings fixing that is easy
Capricorn: a tool
Capricorn: but it would be helpfull
Kyronix : We aren't going to give players the ability to lock things down
Capricorn: ok
Lady Mesanna: no send locations to towns I will set it up
Kyronix : Instead you can work with the King and we can improve one of the buildings To add to the Library of Improvements. We've done things like Jails, Peace Summit Tents, that sort of thing.
Capricorn: why cant we ride the tamed tigers, we have the art.
Lady Mesanna: ok lets move along please
Capricorn: it may have been a usable pet mounted
Lady Mesanna: I am sorry we still have a long line
Capricorn: lastly what is going on with the decay rate on wepons and armor stuf is breaking lot faster did something change? ok well that all i had thank you
Lady Mesanna: thank you
Lady Mesanna: greetings'
RipTide: wondering if we could have more champ spawns like primevil lich with spawning deco maybe,.,
Lady Mesanna: we can add deco to spawns or stealables'or something like that
RipTide: ooo there ya go nice meeting you guys
Lady Mesanna: nice to meet you also
RipTide: ems doing good jobs
EM Ashmedai:
RipTide: go to as many as i can
Lady Mesanna: Ash has been doing great I think
RipTide: keep up good work
Lady Mesanna: thank you
RipTide: aye sure has! thanks!
Lady Mesanna: have a good evening'
Johnny Depp: Hello and welcom is there anything in the pipe line for us old diehard fisherman like robes or su
Lady Mesanna: Greetings
Johnny Depp: hello
Lady Mesanna: like new artifacts to the chests? is that what you are asking
Johnny Depp: yes new robes or arties thank you and welcome hope you can continue to make new inprovment
Lady Mesanna: we will add it to our suggestion list
Johnny Depp: thank you
Lady Mesanna: thank you
Lady Mesanna: Greetings Thor
Thor: hi all i would like to be able to ride greater dragon or turtle and 100 more skill point is great idea
Lady Mesanna: Riding a gr dragon is not easy for art the way you sit is not pretty on the dragon. I do want to have a nice new mount though for 20th year. alot of people have wanted to ride a gr dragon for a long time.
Thor: or sum good pet 20 =o i look forward to 20 years if i live that long lol
Lady Mesanna: me too, can't wait for 19 this year. going to give out something pretty kewl. Anything else?
Thor: nice talking to you
Lady Mesanna: Nice talking to you also
Thor: and thanks
Lady Mesanna: 'most welcome
Thor: ok bye
Thor: =]
Dreamy Lingerie: *hugs everyone!*
Lady Mesanna: *hugs*
Dreamy Lingerie: Ok now. I have an issue with Enhanced client's health bars. For instance, at turtle spawn. I have to relog about 3 times Because the health bars freeze and will not update.
Bleak: Are you using the Default UI?
Lady Mesanna: or just default
Dreamy Lingerie: It's default
Lady Mesanna: k
Dreamy Lingerie: Just would be nice to not have to run to the side every 10 minutes and relog. Because the health bars freeze and will not update.
Bleak: Are you using the Default UI?
Lady Mesanna: are you using Pinco's UI or just default
Dreamy Lingerie: It's default
Lady Mesanna says: k
Dreamy Lingerie: Just would be nice to not have to run to the side every 10 minutes and relog.
Bleak: That should have been fixed. I will have QA look into this issue again
Dreamy Lingerie: Muchas gracias. very much so. Secondly... These pretty little lanterns the helpers for for the rare fest received Could we extend at all, or use for deco?
Lady Mesanna: lol no they have timers on them
Dreamy Lingerie: I know! I tried scrubbing it off!
Lady Mesanna says: cute though huh
Dreamy Lingerie: stinkin cute
Lady Mesanna: tsk tsk =)
Dreamy Lingerie : *slips another copy of her em app under the rug* you all have a good night, and you made mine with the hugs.
Lady Mesanna: you also
Lady Mesanna: Greetings
Shadow: Are there any talks to change Idoc timers? 5-15 hrs is to over the top
Lady Mesanna: no, we discussed this first this evening
Shadow: And for Kyronix, Can you rethink making the Cameo Talisman powderable? Warriors take to much damage. the conjuerers trinket has no durability
Kyronixs: We'll evaluate it with teh other PoF changes
Shadow: thanks for coming this evening
Lady Mesanna: thank you sir
Lady Mesanna: Greetings
Frost: I have 2 things. first new tamables. something cool, not a turtle.
Lady Mesanna: got it
Frost: really?
Lady Mesanna: yes we already have our little heads together coming up with things
Frost: like a shaow wrym
Lady Mesanna: we can give you a baby shadow =P
Frost: second I know of pep using razor/steam to play multijple accounts. my thing is that if you can beat them, join them. how about EA coming out with a much better assist program like steam
Lady Mesanna: The direction of Steam is in EA's hands at this time
Frosts: trying to lvl the playing field
Lady Mesanna: as far as people using multi accounts, we can't always tell but if they are called upon and they are macroing then we can get them for that. But CS has to see it.
Frost: I know of people that use 3-5 accounts to go hunting
Lady Mesanna: send them to CS they will look at them for macroing. anything else
Frost: the last thing is that this game has gotten very complicated. how about coming up with ways to make it less complicated
Lady Mesanna: we would be happy to read your suggestions. ok frost is that all
Frost: i guess
Lady Mesanna says: hi
Caradoc: Good Evening! Could you please make Grass & Snow tiles like the new Pavers or like Carpet? where they dont take lockdowns? and add Sand tiles?
Lady Mesanna: we will talk about it
Caradoc: also will there ever be a trade in for vet rewards?
Lady Mesanna: nope, not since we made all the changes that everyone can use the rewards
Caradoc: ok so i can throw away all my dragons and liches: lockdowns are a serious problem
Lady Mesanna: if we turned those in it would be a high return
Caradoc: if so you might? so i should save my dragons and liches?
Kyronix: Can always buy more houses!
Caradoc: i have 5 full ones now lol 200 lockdowns for a snow floor *sobs*
Lady Mesanna: if we ever did a turn it, it would honestly be limited items that could be turned in like the statues
Caradoc: ok i shall keep them
Lady Mesanna: watch the next news letter
Caradoc: more lockdowns then?
Lady Mesanna: we will try to come up with a solid answer
Caradoc: ok thank you
Lady Mesanna: thank you
Lady Mesanna: greetings
Hickory: Hello! Two questions... First, could sugarcane please give seeds? It is the only resource plant that doesn’t at this point and farming them is grindingly boring.
Kyronix: Something we can look into, would need to find out why that's the case in the first place
Hickory: okay! Second, could the Dragon Turtle get some artifacts and such on it? All that drops from it is 1 egg, some scute (to 1 person), and maybe a few low level primers. How about a stuffy turtle toy and such?
Kyronix : We distributed the loot in a way that made each area of Eodon reward something different
Hickory: The turtle doesn't reward much of anything though..
Kyronix: It has a high loot score for random generated loot, a new pet, and a good chance at primers So I would disagree with the assertion that it doesn't reward anything
Hickory: Well... think about adding more champ-style drops to encourage participation. Anyway, thank you.
Lady Mesanna: thank you
Kyronix: Thanks for the suggestions!
Lady Mesanna: greetings
Lord Al Revelstoke: thanks for all your hard work you changed me from going to quit to playing every night. 2 thing one could you make manikins show nubers like paperdoll char sheets would make making armor sutes easer
Lady Mesanna: we have talked about this. I think its already on the list to be honest with you Bleak?
Bleak: Yes
Lady Mesanna: Thanks Bleak...anything else?
Lord Al Revelstoke: yes Ive always felt that if you got to the effort of making a maching suit say all plate you should get a small bonace like with the Hounor set
Lady Mesanna: that would say in our hands not the players though'
Lord Al Revelstoke: yes maybe a little extra resit or something
Lady Mesanna: *nods*
Lord Al Revelstoke: would make it worth wile not to mix and mach
Lady Mesanna: its getting late can we get the next one in please
Lady Mesanna: agreed, anymore ideas please email us
Lord Al Revelstoke: Thank you most kindly
Lady Mesanna: thank you
Lady Mesanna: Greetings took you long enough to get here =P
Lord Uranium: ok, so i have been thru some rough times in life and could not afford to keep account active
Lady Mesanna: Sorry to hear that'
Lord Uranium: would be nice to have a way to get those months back on age of account. this one is from 2000 and only 87 months
Lady Mesanna: to buy account age? I don't think that is fair though
Lord Uranium: if your account was created that long ago
Lady Mesanna: I think that is a can of worms I would not want to touch to be honest with you
Lord Uranium: just sucks i will never have shard shields and have had account since 2000*pouts*
Lady Mesanna: there are only a few vet rewards that stay with those vets. Shard shields will be one of those
Lord Uranium: Just a thought that i had. dont want to waste too much of your time
Lady Mesanna: yes we have heard it several times
Lord Uranium:
Lady Mesanna: thank you though
Lord Uranium: ahh, maybe its a good idea then! haha
Lady Mesanna: if you have any other ideas please email us
Lord Uranium: ok have a good one
Lady Mesanna: hi Brian
Brian DeSpell: Ma'am, i brought nothing to dye, but Pacific is 2511, if you needed.
Lady Mesanna says: I did thank you
Brian DeSpell: Could you take a look at ice island and see if the spawn is broken since ToL?
Lady Mesanna: we can look at it tomorrow
Brian DeSpell: My castle there has only 6000 items, with stone stuff, but lag has become terrible since dec. seeing 30-40 polar bears spawning out front, as well to the point now, i just stay out of my house lol. anyhow, thanks
Lady Mesanna: thats not good
Brian DeSpell: and thanks for all your time here
Lady Mesanna: take down some of the items and see if that helps
Brian DeSpell: it's mostly stone at this point just very tedious to re-lay if i remove it
Lady Mesann: Buck he has been standing there for a while'
Lady Mesanna: hi Buck
Buck: hmm hi
Lady Mesanna: no questions
Lady Mesanna says: welcome
Lady Mesanna: you 4 can ask one question then its a wrap
Lady Mesanna: Buck thanks for coming' do you have anything to ask?
Kyronix: Thanks for having us Pacific!
Buck: Not to rude, but i just want to know if your going to fire the design team? A turtle is not great
Kyronix: Wow
Lady Mesanna: next
Donkeylips: Hello!
Lady Mesanna: hi one question please
Donkeylips: My question is , more of a would you consider. With the VVV, and the flagging system within it.. It gives smaller guilds that like to pvp a huge disadvantage in large scale fights That choose not to be VVV. IS there any possible consideration, to change the flagging system, to more like factions to allow those who want to just take counts, or flag grey.. nto have to get flagged oranage every time they happen to come across someone whos in the VVV system.
Kyronix: We don't have any plans to change that. One of the most common concerns we heard with factions Was related to flagging, Particularly the case of the "blue healer" problem
Donkeylips: VVV Should be limited to town fights and then out of that, it =could be ffa im, That way people who dont want vvv could still pvp
Kyronix: We have some ideas on the table for enhancing VvV, but as far as flagging is concerned, We don't plan on changing it
Donkeylips: And can we have clarification on what upt o EA means on the cheater programs that lots are usin. steam is a cheat program, they dont mean the steam gaming client. its a uo type of thing that cheaters use fyi
Lady Mesanna: 3rd party programs are not up to EA to do anything about, its if our CS can catch them
Donkeylips: Well he asked about steam which is a cheater program, and you said it was up to ea
Lady Mesanna: we have to prove they are using them
Donkeylips: Cause we have people posting screenshots on stratics with the cheat programs on them with the fields turned into tiles and the hovering hps over their head
Lady Mesanna: no when someone said Steam I want straight to putting UO on Steam
Donkeylips: can we email these in so you can take care of them?> thats not what they meant
Lady Mesanna: and that is in EA's hands right now
Donkeylips: steam is a cheat program similar to uoa
Lady Mesanna: yes its a cheat program I know
Donkeylips: okay, watch stratics pvp forums.. lots are being lazy and still keeping it in their screenshots. it sucks to fight these people who have this huge unfair advantage by using these programs with no remorse
Lady Mesanna: Yes I will tell CS to keep an eye out for that but bottom line its in their hands to do
Donkeylips: Id be happy to post you the urls: they are everywhere
Lady Mesanna: ok thank you
Donkeylips: Okay, i just wish if it wasnt going to be dealth with its just said so we can all use them even the field thank you for yoru time
Lady Mesanna: ok
box: hello
Lady Mesanna: Hi Box
box: first off i would like to ask if there is anyway to renew the castles island in malas
Lady Mesanna: no
box: on smaller shards it is a shame to see no houses there
Lady Mesanna: those few castles in Malas were marketing castles
box: ahh ok
Lady Mesanna: anything else?
box: and 2nd off is there anyway to make an additional animal slot seeing tamers on gargoyles flying with gd
Lady Mesanna: more than 5 probably not going to happen
box: is little unfair than a human on foot like 1 slot to ride an ethy. well that was a bust than, thanks I guess.
Lady Mesanna: sorry but most welcome
box: take care have a great rest of ur night
Lady Mesanna: Archie are you in line'
Archie: Thank thee your heiness, your graciousness is greatly appreciated!
Lady Mesanna: hi
(This was said by Mesanna in General Chat after Buck complained about being ejected without her answering his question- >Mesanna]: NO Buck I am not going to fire my designer for the turtle) HAD to put this in here
Archie: As one of the few characters in the lost art of thievery I was hoping you would consider a mastery to help revitalize my profession. In the absence of such a mastery I find the current area effect spells namely thunderstorm
Lady Mesanna: what profession
Archie: thievery, and the skills of tracking a detect hidden to be quite the thorns in my side. I do sincerely appreciate the shadow ability greatly, however the cap on weight for stealing is a bit harsh. Any assistance you can provide me in my quest to redistribute wealth would be stellar. Archie says: p.s. I shall return your purse after the q & a.
Lady Mesanna: That is a Kyronix question to answer'
Kyronix: Are you talking about stealing from other players in relation to the thieving profession?
Archie: yes I am indeed sir!
Kyronix: It's one of the favorite professions I've ever played, the only problem is the other 99% of the player base considered you a griefing nuisance, So it's a challenge to try and rekindle that in the modern gamescape
Archie: I couldn't agree more, however the other elements of the game have evolved
Kyronix: But if you have suggestions we're always open, as if you ever played a thief it was definitely a blast!
Archie: actually I still do, thus the nature of my topic one great thing would be to increase the stealing weight limit
Kyronix: Feel free to send us an email and we can begin a dialogue
Archie: or perhaps add an extra tile or two based on skill. excellent, thank you very much for your time and castle ladders on steps would be great, thank you kindly for sharing your time with us today
Lady Mesanna: Thank you Pacific for coming and sharing your ideas with us
EM Ashmedai : Thank you Mesanna, Misk, Bleak, and Kyronix for visiting with Pacific!
Lady Mesanna: Make sure you keep an eye on the newsletter for upcoming publish tasks
Bleak: Thanks Everyone!
Lady Mesanna: I am pretty sure you guys are going to really like some of the plans we have, good night all!

Side Note: Mesanna also reminded everyone if they haven't signed up for the newsletter, to please do so, as the contests they will be holding can only be won if you've signed up! She said that in addition to the lithograph, she will be giving away t-shirts then in September she will be giving away grandfathered castles! Also someone asked about ridable spiders and she said she thinks she can do that! So sign up if you haven't!

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